They're the reason we're in Vietnam
A poster headed "They're the reason we're in Vietnam" shows one photograph: a small barefoot child in sandals and a patterned shirt stands between the legs and boots of US soldiers, while a second child waits in the background. One image of a child stands in for the whole case for the war. The poster gives no place, date, numbers or other reason.
- Date
- 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- National Student Committee for Victory in Vietnam (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Techniques
- Card stacking
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- U.S. publication without copyright notice; LoC: no known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Text on the object
THEY'RE THE REASON WE'RE IN VIETNAM Distributed By: National Student Committee For Victory In Vietnam 214 North Clay Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63122
The distributor line is very small; the street number and ZIP code may be off by a digit. A signature at the lower right of the photograph is [illegible].
